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kpete Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-17-06 08:15 AM
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Al Gore Gores Bush: What a President He Might Have Been (TWN)
Al Gore Gores Bush: What a President He Might Have Been

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I couldn't agree more with Gore that Bush does not seem to know the definition of democracy or of checks-and-balances:

"If the president has the power "to eavesdrop on American citizens without a warrant, imprison citizens on his own declaration, kidnap and torture, then what can't he do?" Gore asked."

It is this kind of spirit -- combined with smarts -- that appeals not just to the left that will get a Democrat into the White House.

Maybe losing the White House helped Gore find his inner Truman. Brownstein speculates that he may try to run again.

Whether he does or not, the template he is setting is impressive for any of the candidates that may finally make it.

-- Steve Clemons

http://www.thewashingtonnote.com/archives/001191.php
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EstimatedProphet Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-17-06 08:23 AM
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1. he might have been just mediocre
He might have just been an average President.

The truly pathetic thing is, even that is still head and shoulders above this one!
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madokie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-17-06 08:30 AM
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2. I say we don't let him not. Demand it with the same conviction
as he showed us yesterday. Al Gore loves his country and feels a deep commitment to right this ship. me thinks.
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